Green Plains Inc.
GPRE Nasdaq· Industrial Organic Chemicals
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$13.98
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Green Plains Inc. had $2.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 14.9% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +1.7% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −3.2%, down 1.3 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −3 is left after running the business.
- Green Plains Inc. lost $121M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $73.7M in fiscal 2025, 3.5% of revenue.
- Green Plains Inc. returned $30.7M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 42% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 5.8%.
- Green Plains Inc. owes $226M more than it holds in cash, about 7.2 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$1.2B
P/E
8.3x
Revenue
$2.1B
Net income
−$121M
Free cash flow
$73.7M
Operating margin
−3.2%
Green Plains Inc. in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−14.9%
No. Sales fell 14.9% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−5.8%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
3.5%
Partly. 3.5% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
7.2x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 7.2 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 9
Mixed. It passes 5 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
8.3x
One share costs 8.3 times its yearly profit per share.
What Green Plains Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 10, 2026
- Legal name
- Green Plains Inc.
- CIK
- 0001309402
Green Plains Inc. · GPRE
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $2.8B | $3.7B | $3.3B | $2.5B | $2.1B |
| Revenue growth | 47.0% | 29.6% | −10.0% | −25.4% | −14.9% |
| Gross margin | 7.1% | 3.1% | 5.0% | 5.3% | 6.5% |
| Operating margin | 0.9% | −2.7% | −1.9% | −1.9% | −3.2% |
| Net income | −$66.0M | −$127M | −$93.4M | −$82.5M | −$121M |
| Net margin | −2.3% | −3.5% | −2.8% | −3.4% | −5.8% |
| Diluted EPS | −$1.41 | −$2.29 | −$1.59 | −$1.29 | −$1.80 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $4.2M | $69.7M | $56.3M | −$30.0M | $111M |
| Capital expenditure | $187M | $212M | $108M | $95.1M | $37.2M |
| Free cash flow | −$183M | −$143M | −$51.7M | −$125M | $73.7M |
| FCF margin | −6.5% | −3.9% | −1.6% | −5.1% | 3.5% |
| Dividends paid | $9.3M | $22.6M | $22.7M | $5.2M | $0.7M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $30.0M |
| Share count change | 34.7% | 19.1% | 5.9% | 8.5% | 5.8% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $551M | $445M | $350M | $173M | $182M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $732M | $641M | $605M | $579M | $408M |
| Shareholders' equity | $951M | $910M | $844M | $865M | $766M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.5x | — | 7.0x | 9.4x | 7.2x |
| Current ratio | 2.4x | 1.9x | 1.9x | 1.5x | 1.9x |
| Interest coverage | 0.4x | −3.0x | −1.6x | −1.4x | −0.9x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 1.8% | −7.1% | −4.4% | −3.0% | −5.4% |
| Return on equity | −8.3% | −13.7% | −10.6% | −9.7% | −14.9% |
| Return on tangible equity | −7.3% | −14.7% | −11.3% | −9.7% | −16.0% |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.1M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $13.98 a share, the company is worth $1.2B: 8.3 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001309402). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.